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  1. Seeking Untapered Winter Footwear

    Sandals and home made Tabi socks can be really warm. I have one pair that I made from a heavy wool ski sweater that I got at Goodwill and shrunk by washing it hot and drying it hot and hard. If it's above zero Fahrenheit, they're too warm. The biggest problem is new snow. If it gets between the...

  2. Running Sandals

    My Cairn Pros are thicker and sturdier than my Luna Oso Flacos. Both of them are stiffer and thicker than I like for running and I only use them for hiking or in the snow. They both have decent tread with the edge going to Bedrock. I'd say if you're running really rocky sharp trails either would...

  3. **Your Choice** Xero Shoes Giveaway Contest! Expires Monday, May 31, 2021, Noon EST

    I'm in. Thanks for the GAW

  4. **Your Choice** Xero Shoes Giveaway Contest! Expires Thursday, April 29, 2021, Noon EST

    Thanks!

  5. Running on Ice

    I vaguely recall that Icebug had a zero drop shoe with studs. I've made my own studs with 1/4" machine screws. You need a thickish sole for that, though, and that may not meet your definition of minimal.

  6. 2021

    I just saw this. It's good news. Heart damage is common in athletes. The increased risk appears to be more like 3% instead of 30%. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-01-cardiac-mri-degrees-myocarditis-athletes.html

  7. 2021

    I'm looking at getting vaccinated in July if things go as planned, which they aren't at the moment. Then a month for the booster plus a few more weeks to build full immunity, which means that I'm looking at October at the earliest before I can quit worrying personally. I'm not much worried about...

  8. Soon turned out, had a shard of glass

    It hurts a lot more if someone else does it. I don't know why.

  9. Soon turned out, had a shard of glass

    I've found that even after they heal up it takes very little for them to cut you again and start hurting. Now that I know the symptoms, I just dig in with my pocket knife. If it's festering, the shard pops out with some pus and I'm done. Otherwise, when the knife hits the end of the shard, it...

  10. Would you consider this barefoot? ;-)

    I like it. It would keep the shoe police off your back probably 99% of the time. People don't really look unless something catches their eye. As to the pain, it could be body paint, not a tat.

  11. Transition?

    Running well in barefoot shoes is impossible unless you can run well without any shoes. It's actually harder to run well in barefoot shoes. But if you can run well without any shoes, you really don't need barefoot shoes unless conditions are really extreme or unless your fashion sense requires...

  12. At what Pace should you increase distance to stay safe ?

    That's a good point. If it takes more than a month to toughen, you're doing something wrong ...

  13. At what Pace should you increase distance to stay safe ?

    Yes, it's normal. The soles of your feet will toughen faster than any other part of your lower body. When that happens, it's easy to overdo it and listening to your body becomes even more important. Muscles also strengthen quickly, but bone, tendon, and connective tissue strengthens slowly...

  14. At what Pace should you increase distance to stay safe ?

    This will take pressure off your achilles, but it will be slower because it reduces tendon energy storage to zero. Energy storage in tendons can produce about 30% of the energy needed to run if your ground contact time is short. The best efficiency comes when your heel touches down very lightly...

  15. Shin splints???

    My shins only ever bothered me when I was landing on my heels, so I have no advice there. What I will say is that following someone else's program can get you into real trouble. Been there, done that, got several tee shirts. If Orton was coaching you personally, he'd probably have you backing...

  16. Run Fuel

    I will usually go for up to two hours without either unless it's hot, then I will drink some water. When I do eat, it's always something easy to digest, so I'd skip the nuts, but if they don't bother you then go for it. It really comes down to what you can keep down, there are no rules. I've...

  17. Stinky feet!

    Shoes made from synthetic materials can be very hard to de-funk, so good shoe hygiene from day one is important. Get them bone dry as quickly as possible after a run. If there's an insole, take it out. Lay them out in the sun if you can. Do not, under any circumstances, put the shoes in a bag...

  18. What is grounding? The health benefits and evidence behind earthing

    This. Every time I've had a circuit appear to break the laws of physics, it was always my understanding of what was going on that was wrong. Earthing is an odd, appealing concept that requires you to disagree with ordinary everyday physics, not the woo-woo quantum stuff. The kind that brought us...

  19. Blisters on heals / Burning affect

    I copied this from another thread where I was exploring downhill running. The big insight I gained is that "running" downhill and "running downhill" are different activities and require different form. At a certain pitch, you need to brake. You can do so by slamming your heels down, as it sounds...

  20. Older Yet Faster

    This ^^^ Running well results in a higher cadence. Forcing your cadence to be high may or may not result in running well because you can do it in different ways, some good, some indifferent, and some bad. Cadence is an output of the system, not an input. The one thing that a high cadence will...
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